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SANSHO DAYU (1954)

AKAs:
Sansho the Bailiff (USA)


Japan
Drama
120 minuten

geregisseerd door Kenji Mizoguchi
met Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi en Eitarô Shindô

Als Tamaki met haar twee kinderen door het bos loopt op zoek naar haar verbannen echtgenoot, wordt ze overvallen en verkocht als prostituee. De twee kinderen worden als slaven verkocht aan de wrede Sanshô.
nr. 214 in de tip 250 (moviemeter)

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Criterion Collection # 386

DVD Release Date: May 22, 2007

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Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

Description:
When an idealistic governor disobeys the reigning feudal lord, he is cast into exile, his wife and children left to fend for themselves and eventually wrenched apart by vicious slave traders. Under Kenji MizoguchiÆs dazzling direction, this classic Japanese story became one of cinemaÆs greatest masterpieces, a monumental, empathetic expression of human resilience in the face of evil.

READ:
Sansho the Bailiff
by Michael Sragow
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Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 7.67 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 124 minutes

Type: Black and White

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 | Anamorphic

Sound (main feature): Japanese

Subtitles: optional English



DISC FEATURES:

# New, restored high-definition digital transfer.
# Audio commentary by Japanese-literature professor Jeffrey Angles.
# New video interviews with critic Tadao Sato, assistant director Tokuzo Tanaka, and legendary actress Kyoko Kagawa on the making of the film and its lasting importance.
# New and improved English subtitle translation.


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